Just As I Thought

Portrait of the Artist

Ah, that day when my friends Sara and Lance and I went to the Hirshhorn gallery to see the Laurie Anderson exhibit, and turned around to discover that we were being followed by… Laurie Anderson.

On the Board

PETA just had a stroke

If this horrific dish doesn’t make you want to be a vegetarian, I don’t know what will: Fowl De’Couchon De-Boned Pig stuffed with a  De-Boned Turkey, a De-Boned Duck, De-boned Chicken,  and  [more...]

Just wondering

Hey — do you think that my blog is reachable in China, where the government censors access to the internet?

An.. tic.. i.. pa.. tion

Here’s another reason to hate those ad-laden web pages: they’ve slowed the web to a crawl. These days, most ads on a page are served from different sources than the content of the page. This means that one  [more...]

According to plan

Hmm. A gay bishop threatens the unity of the Episcopal church. Gay weddings threatens the stability of marriage. Gay television shows threaten our children’s morality. Those right wingers must be frightened beyond  [more...]

Product design genius

As The Apple Turns points out, in inimitable style, the new laptop from Acer. The Acer Aspire 1710 is the answer to Apple’s PowerBook with the 17 inch screen, released a year ago. Unfortunately, Acer has quite a  [more...]